James Fuller
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St. Charles schools budget in black, but class size pressure buildingSep 12, 2017 5:30 am - The new budget for St. Charles schools presented Monday night follows a long-range plan to end the year with a $2 million surplus. But a growing outcry about crowded cla...
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Kane County board smacks down Lauzen fiscal planSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County Board members executed a mutiny against Chairman Chris Lauzen on Tuesday, delivering a major rebuke to financial policies pushed by Lauzen and his closest po...
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Kane County Board likely to consider job cuts to balance budgetSep 09, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County officials sent a message to government employees late last week that said they would rather cut their jobs than raise property taxes. The 2018 budget plan, t...
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St. Charles police station headed to Valley Shopping CenterSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - In February, St. Charles aldermen took a 5-4 preliminary vote to move the city's police station to a site on Red Gate Road, at the edge of the city. No one, including th...
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Kane County creates automatic punishment for officials who blow budgetsSep 06, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County Board members drew a budgetary line in the sand Wednesday by adopting a new financial policy: Spend more money than you're given, and the board will strip th...
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Leap of faith made dog Frisbee contest a national eventSep 03, 2017 1:00 am - Alex Stein went through a lot of jumps and turns on his road toward inspiring the Ashley Whippet Invitational World Championship. So did the 37 teams of dogs and their o...
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Montgomery mayor hosts health care forum ahead of 14th District runAug 31, 2017 1:00 am - Montgomery Mayor Matt Brolley didn't delve too deep into his own views on how to fix the U.S. health care system Thursday night. Instead, he listened to the concerns and...
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Are Kane County employees taking improper medical leave?Aug 30, 2017 5:30 am - New HR head wants to hire outside firm to oversee program
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Kane board wants some leewayAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - More than 80 percent of Kane County's employees are outside the direct control of the county board. Led by county board Chairman Chris Lauzen, some board members are mak...
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St. Charles won't have water solution for 10 monthsAug 29, 2017 1:00 am - St. Charles residents seeking better drinking water in their homes received feedback from city officials Monday that may also be hard to swallow. There is neither a che...